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procon

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3. Trump wanted a Hollywood blockbuster war,

Reply to sarabelle (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2019, 04:21 PM

Jun 2019

not a real war. He wanted the acclaim, the power and status, and he wanted all the attention . He wanted his photo on magazine covers and frontpage spreads in all the newspapers he loves to hate.

Trump wanted to star in a new reality show, Trump Goes to War. In a shooting war, people would blame him for the deaths and he'd be responsible for the bungled screwups his flipflopping and dithering caused.

What do our allies think of us now, and even worse, what plots are our enemies hatching to exploit America's sudden weakness and incompetence?

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If 45 claims that he knows more than the generals, why didn't he know people would be killed? [View all] sarabelle Jun 2019 OP

What do you expect from a reality TV star...this is all show...the real generals are on to him.. asiliveandbreathe Jun 2019 #1

tRump thinks he's a star of a TV show. It's all fantasy to him. He has no F'en idea what he's doing. RKP5637 Jun 2019 #2

Trump wanted a Hollywood blockbuster war, procon Jun 2019 #3

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